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Month: January, 2008

And On the Third Day…

28 January, 2008 (19:45) | The Blonde Girl with Blue Eyes, Yilmaz, The Little Boy of Istanbul |

And on the third day, I found him. He sat across from me at the table, gazing into the lense of my camera and into me. The camera becomes an invasive tool. I feel guilty. But in his eyes, I see Truth and purity.

The Waiters of the Cafés

27 January, 2008 (06:33) | The Search, The Waiters of the Café |

I sat in the Cafés by the New Mosque sipping apple teas. Sometimes, I had lunch there. All the waiters had seen the three photographs of the little boy. They knew him. Many times they told me he had been there but I had just missed him. They told me his name was Yilmaz. All [...]

Mr. Ice Cream

26 January, 2008 (09:59) | Mr. Ice Cream |

Mr. Ice Cream sold delicious ice cream near the Mosque. He had not see the Little Boy of Istanbul but he let me take a photograph of him. He performed magic tricks with the icecream cone. You are about to grab your ice cream when suddenly it disappears. He wanted me to send him this [...]

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